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201402092114 1xgahq

inferred encrypted filler

N=17

Metadata

Post ID
1xgahq
Title
201402092114 → 2014-02-09 21:14 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-02-09 19:14:57
Timezone
UTC+2 · title 21:14 against posted 19:14 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,104 hex characters · 552 bytes
N from length
17 (64·N + 16 = 1104)
Run
Run 57 (seed 758,305,750) (seed)
Draw
12 · predicted N = 17 ✓
Machine boot
2014-01-30 00:36–04:36 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

9703854141e56f6f284dc6a502bf30ac 72bb163e3d8a8549103c667b382a85f1 95c170ce83120a16f01b34452d10380d baabd3deb996d000f9adc2e26c331ce1 642186f8de25244d9363eb37ac2ad411 5cc1b3b8d6d9e8af7e5ba957a46db136 cbaf0fc07765e56d9491c778d6a56c18 89a0550ec2055eecd2f9864fa5f7e46c 0f06ca95602ba639b4fd91e94d70e3d9 e217cc17e1d6ad7e95dbb4895d49874f 697a6e4b6d5aa7949f841238d95e2649 dd6df928019f041bd52463ce03925104 454d04bab3d4996e7b444dc06455a225 6c6f23e36ddd1068271accb420119a5c 3fe69fa4efd52b4ee003949982a5e0eb 96e90b804cb6b915c3bf1a0591bbd37e e541eaedfa8301b72ea9a62ff6938985 ac5c7d32166c2f5101c8f23b72a7b221 ebc5e79eed7d6f3463da46ce006a45ed 352f57d2e4b4fd41c733db39c68707f2 e6c30b1424c9d4bd46c5997fc6730650 46c80b17e9469f06693bd6a5474449cd 21ac63e2cefa4a7153c26138708d74d3 b1e3c3fdcd7a5f79a9ce804bf74a2f9b a18d6a6956e868789d1e02627984336a c384c96f7ce65e2cb01d1ae8a2ea2a22 8ad87b3e3141640a473d37ea5ee40491 5b2b0db669661e51959aafd5c643fcfe 4c18cc69fbe9276963224015bed9d7b5 8ef555b3dafd487c2d3fdb986e1f0f09 e1496f4567df9aa9e135001c280a8135 a54b1a57ea19f0d18753d8136dea108c ceda35ae22e956788d3271cbb186bac7 4c11d973786e1671630daaf67729a5eb 74544e30aa4c706f 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,104 hex characters = 64 × 17 + 16, i.e. N = 17 GUIDs encrypted with 3DES plus one 8-byte padding block. Every post-cutover filler post has exactly this shape.
  2. Key unknown. The post-cutover key (2013-10-16 onwards) has not been found, so the GUIDs themselves cannot be read. Everything else about the post is accounted for.
  3. Explain the count. This post is draw 12 of Run 57 (seed 758,305,750): new Random(758305750), Next(0,44) per post. The RNG predicts N = 17; the post has N = 17 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-01-30 00:36–04:36).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.